Final closure of Fessenheim, the oldest nuclear power plant in France

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The oldest nuclear power plant in France will definitively stop operating before being dismantled. REUTERS / Vincent Kessler

By: Christine Siebert

Fessenheim closes: reactor two of the dean of the French nuclear power plants started its shutdown in the night from Monday to Tuesday. The employees of the power station and the pro-nuclear workers do not organize rallies or demonstrations. The anti-nuclear, them, met Monday afternoon to celebrate their victory aboard a boat on the Rhine and to denounce the nuclear safety problems.

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